St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-03-05
FARM AND FlReSlOE.


TO prevent mustard-plasters from
blistering. mix with the white of IN
egg.
"A good Cracker Pudding: Roll four
large crackers to one quart of milk; ono
egg; bake till it comes just to boil.
Don't sweeten till eat. Splendid for
dyspeptics.-7oIedo Blade.
In the matter Of raising crops
cheaply. it is safe to lay down the prin-
ciple that large crops cost less to tho
acre than small 0nes.-Chicago Journal
Kerosene will cure the scaly legs
on fowls. AnOint the legs once week
with kerosene for three or four weeks
and the legs will become perfectly
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Now that cold weather has set in,
take care that all the fowls are well
sheltered at all times. They need lit
tic heat now. and an occasional feed Of
corn at night. slightly parched, will
help along.-Troy Times.
The skin Of boiled egg is the most
efiicaciOus remedy that can be applied
Ia boil. Peel it carefully. wet and
apply To the part affected. It will draw
oG the matter and relieve the soreness
in few hours.
1t is said that solution of pilocar.
pine, two grains to the ounce of water,
injected into the tooth cavity will cure
neuralgia caused by bad teeth. From
IN eighth to quarter Of a grain sccss
sufficient to check the pain in the course
IF an hour.-Hcaih and Home.
The fact is very suggestive that the
egg supply falls off most rapidly while
the days are shortening. and is smallest
always during the months when the
hours Of sunshine are the fcwest. No
preparation for getting eggs in winter
is complete which docs not provide. be-
sides warmth and good feeding, plen-
;iful supply of sunshine.-Prairie
Farmer.
In answer to the question. '.Docs
alsikc clover make dark-colored honey?"
several correspondents Of the Bee Jour-
nal say it does not. Others say it makes
honey slightly darker than that from
white clever. but not rs dark rs buck
wheat honey. One reply says alsikc
clover honey has apinkish color; anoth-
er that it is every way equal to white
clover honey.
Lemon Custarl: Beat together one
cup Of sugar, one teaspOonful butter.
three eggs and the juice and grated
rind Of one lemon. Put three cups Of
milk in basin on the stove, and, when
it comes to boil, ashl the beaten eggs.
sugar. etc. stirring quickly all the
fime. When thoroughly mixed. set it
in the oven and bake about twenty min
utes, or until sct.-7hc Caterer.
Have you found some Of your fowls
with one side Of the head swollen up:
If YOU examine you will probably find
that the affected fowl sleeps in
draught; probably there is q crack in
the side IF the building. and the bird
roosts in position where the draught
strikes the side Of the head. Shut up
the crack and battle the fowls head
with coal oil and lard. and all will be
well in few days.-M E. Farmer.
-Candied CitrOn: Peel and seed the
citron; let it lay over night in weak
sugar water. Next morning drain
through colan,lcr, take one pound Of
graduated sugar to one pound Of
citron; put the sugar on and boil until
quite thick sirup is formed. then drop
the citron in and cook slowly until it is
very tender and clear; when done pour
on plates and set in warm place to
dry then sprinkle with graduated
sugar and keep in glass jars.-Ezchamgc.
If well laid. stone drain should
last rs long as one Of tile. II con-
siderable amount of stone is used and
there is good outlet u stone drain will
never fiji up SO that some water will
not pass through it. Too great . fall
or too large an amount Of water is apt
to displacc stones. Hence attempts to
make the stone in the form of an arch
often fail. One side or the other is
liable to be displaced. and presently
stone is pushed into the channel. Earth
accpmulates around this and the ell
cheney Of the drain is impaired. Tile
set in ditch just wide enough to re-
ceive it can not easily be displaced
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